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Boris Johnson To Face Investigation Into Whether He Misled MPs About Partygate

Boris Johnson is to face a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled MPs about lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street.

MPs have backed a Labour-led motion calling for the privileges committee to examine allegations that the prime minister misled the Commons when he denied lockdown rules were broken in Downing Street.

The motion was nodded through without a vote.

Tory MPs had earlier been ordered to back a government attempt to delay the vote until inquiries by the Met Police and civil servant Sue Gray have concluded.

In a late reversal shortly before the debate began, Commons Leader Mark Spencer said Tory MPs could vote however they wanted on Labour's motion.

There has been speculation in Westminster that Tory MPs were not prepared to wait any longer for an investigation into Mr Johnson's conduct.

It will not begin until Scotland Yard's inquiry has finished.

The prime minister missed the debate in the Commons as he is away on a two-day official visit to India, where he told Sky News' Beth Rigby that he has "absolutely nothing to hide" on partygate.

By Sky News (C).

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